Vocabulary and phonetics of lesson 10
Learn Chinese: phonetic and vocabulary 10
Note: when a translation of a character is in brackets, this means that this character cannot be used alone. This does not mean that it has no meaning, just as the roots of words in our Western languages.
ài :
to love
xǐhuan :
to like
hē :
to drink. The e must be pronounced very open.
chī :
to eat. The i is a close vowel (/ɨ/ )after ch.
fàn :
food, cooked rice
guǎn :
(building / term for certain service establishments)
fànguǎn :
restaurant
cài :
vegetable / dish / food
zhōngguócài :
Chinese food
tài :
too much
shuì :
(to sleep)
jiào :
(slumber)
shuìjiào :
to sleep
fēi :
to fly
jī :
(machine)
fēijī :
plane
yǐng :
(shadow)
diànyǐng :
movie
kàn diànyǐng :
to watch movie
dú :
(to read)
dúshū :
to study (intransitive)
xuéxí :
to learn
tīng :
to listen